Food manager training offered

There’s not much time to think it over, but the Texas AgriLife Extension Service is providing a one-day certification training program for food managers on Nov. 1.

The training costs $105 and includes the training book “Food Safety: It’s Our Business” and the certified professional food manager examination when instruction is complete. For those just wanting to take the exam, it will cost $60.

The program will cover ways to identify potentially hazardous foods, to prevent contamination and cross-contamination of food and to maintain clean equipment, utensils and surroundings. Connie Sheppard, the extension service’s Bexar County agent for family and consumer sciences, said the training should increase customer satisfaction, improve relationships with health officials and prevent bad publicity for a company due to food-borne illnesses.

The course will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the service’s Bexar County office, 3355 Cherry Ridge Dr., Suite 208. A photo identification will be needed to take the exam.